That’s right, fortnight!So why don’t we use “fortnight” for “occurring every two weeks,” and “biweekly” for “occurring twice a week”… I’m just sayin’. Fortnight is a word from a time in history when we moved slower, unfettered from the high demands our equally high-paced technology expects of us. In the 21st century, we have free same-day shipping on select Amazon Prime orders of $35 or more; we just don’t think in terms of fourteen days anymore.

Yet I’ve a suspicion that one of the roots of my depression—the exhaustive side of my depression, the borderline-narcoleptic side, singing lullabies during the day, then heavy metal at night—lies in my resistance to our high-demand, high-pace world, the shutdown of my turtle-wins-the-race brain.I can’t wait to read Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow.

So I want to slow down, to see if that improves my neurochemical responses, like how Phoebe walks deliberately and meditatively through the house. I want to take a long, self-loving, and self-exploratory fortnight challenge emulating Phoebe’s inner diva.

The Fortnight Diva Challenge

Part of why Phoebe looks so relaxed and collected—at least, when she isn’t gripped by anxious, panicky fear; when isn’t reliving trauma—she carries a magnificent, diva-like aura about her; she knows she’s one awe-inspiring mammal, inside and out.

I think she likes to take car rides to the drive-thrus to see the reactions of window cashiers. Also, when she takes longer trips to Anaheim, she meows “Hello!” at the semi-trucks. She loves looking at their twinkling red lights at night.

And she loves posing for cameras. Not selfies—just the cameras of others.

I am so enormously inspired by this anxious-ridden, mirror-strutting, talkative cat, I have a fortnight schedule for exhibiting her awesomeness—as well as mustering the courage to exhibit my authentic personality—throughout different social media:

Monday A: Instagram

Tuesday B: Steller

Wednesday A: Twitter

Thursday B: Goodreads

Friday A: Pinterest

Saturday B: Amazon

Sunday A: Facebook

Monday B: Tumblr

Tuesday A: YouTube

Wednesday B: Reddit

Thursday A: PicsArt

Friday B: DeviantArt

Saturday A: Yelp

Sunday C: Kourtnie.net

when A represents social media with a visual text element, i.e., casual reading audience, &

Of course, I’ll update my various social media outside that schedule. But it’ll be quieter ideas. Less diva-like ideas, specifically. I just want to make sure, twice a month, I’m saying something with strength, value, and confidence at its core.

Social media feels like an explosion of new, writing-based mediums, and it worries me. It’s hard to strut around on all these platforms, speaking powerful words with a lioness flare, when I’m awkward and lanky on my social media platforms, just like I am in “real life” social situations. Social media scares the piss out of me, like how my ex used to scare the piss out of Phoebe. 😕